Folding chair or couch



A. J. FREEDMAN.

FOLDING CHAIR 0R COUCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12. 1919.

Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABE J. ransom/ran. or crrrcaeo, ILLINOIS.

FOLDING CHAIR OR COUCH.

Application filed March 1.2,

To (a l whom it may concern Be it known that I, Ann J. Fnnumrnx, a

citizen. of the United States, residing at Chicago. 1n the county of Cook and State One of the important objects of my in-- vention is to provide a simplified hinge support for the folding bed frame. Another object is to provide improved. arrangement for supporting; the couch back structure to be raised vertically and held in upward position while the bed frame is folded up.

and placed at the rear of the couch frame.

On the accompanyingdrawings, which illustrate my invention Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the couch in folded condition, one of its sides being removed.

F 2 is a sectional view on plane 2-42 of Fig. 1 showing the parts in folded up position.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on plane of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the couch when unfolded, the one side of the couch being removed, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional. view on the plane 5 of Fig. 4. I

The couch or chair has the side structures or walls 10 and '11 having the vertical back parts 10 and 11 and the legs 12. These side structures are connected together by a suitable seat frame, in this case the boxlike structure 13, the bolts 14 securing the side structures .to the seat frame. A seat cushion structure 15 rests along its front edge on the front of the seat structure and at its rear end is supported by means of pins 16 engaging in the notches 17 at the upper ends of the supporting plates 18 secured to and extending upwardly from the seat frame.

A back frame 19 is of L-shaped cross section and is preferably of metal and supports on its front surface the cushion '20. Secured to the rear Wall 21 of the couch adjacent the couch side Walls are anode bars 22 and 23, to each of which a set of levers E i and 25 are pivoted. These levers are of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented an. as, ice-o.

1919. Serial. No. 282,120.

equal length and at their front ends are pivoted to the respective sides of the back frame 19. The levers of each set are parallel. and being of equal. length, the couch back structure when raised and lowered will always be vertical, that is vertical. and paral lel with the rear wall 21 of the couch. Connecting between the levers and the angle bars are tension springs 26 which tend to swing the levers upwardly, and which will hold the back structure in its upward posi tion. Pins 27 and 28 removably inserted through the couch side walls extend above the upper levers 24 when the back structure is down, and hold the back structure in such lowered position. Upon releasing the pins the springs 26 will assist in raising the back frame and will hold. it in its upward position.

lVhen the back structure is raised a suitable passageway is left through which the folded bed frame may be passed when taken out of or folded up into the storage space 2!). The bed frame structure romprises front and rear U-shaped sections 30 and 31 bent up of anode iron. the ends of the frames being pivoted to plates 32 to which the intermediate legs 33 are pivoted at their upper ends. At the outer end of the section 30 less 3 1-. are pivoted. At the inner end of the section 31 arms are secured and extend downwardly and are pivoted at their lower ends by means of screws 36 to fittings 37 secured to the side walls 10 and 11 of the couch.

In Fig. 4: the bed fran'u-i is shown out and unfolded ready for use. To fold up the frame and to store it within the couch the front section 30 is first swung back against the frame 31 and the lens 3 1- dropped into parallelism with the sections and then the folded together structure is swung rearwardly around the pivots 36 into upright .position within the space 39. the lens 33 automatically assuming vertical position. The rear wall of the seat frame 13 has notches38 cut therein for accommodating the arms 35, the arms resting on the abutments of the notches after the frame has been folded into space 29, the pivot connections of the arms 35 with the seat structure 13 and the rear wall of such seat structure support the folded up bed frame. After the frame has been folded in the space 29 the back structure 19 is lowered and the pins 27 and 28 inserted to lock the frame against raising by the springs 26; When it Having described my invention, I clainr as follows:

In a folding chair or couch, the combination of side walls, a seat structure extending between the side walls a rear wall, there being storage space between said seat structure and sald rear wall, a back structure for cooperating with said seat structure to form a seat, parallel bars 24. and :25 pivoted to said back structure and. said rear wall for permitting vertical movement 01. said back structure parallel with said rear wall springs 26 connecting between said rear wall and said bars intermediate the bar ends and tending to raise said back structure, and locking pins 28 extcndible through the side walls into the paths of the upper bars llwhen the back structure is down to hold the arms and back structure in such position.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 6th day of March, A. D. 1019.

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